Phd & Master’s Thesis

No. of Ph.D. & Master’s Students Guidance: Organic Synthesis and Molecular Engineering Group


Ph.D. students Completed: 8 (Eight)
Ph.D. students Ongoing: 12 (Twelve)

  1. Dr. Barnali Roy (2017-2025) – Title: “Exploring Molecular Intricacy: Development of Facile Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds via Oxidative Dearomatization Reactions (ODRs)”
  2. Dr. Biswajit Das (2018-2024) – Title: ”Synthetic Attempts with Visible Light Catalysis and Metal Catalysis Towards Dearomatization and Related Intrigues”
  3. Dr. Puspendu Kuila (2016-2024) – Title: ”Tribromides in Oxidative Dearomatisation: A Toolbox to Solve Molecular Complexities”
  4. Dr. Nabakumar Bera (2015-2023) – Title: ”Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules Employing Metal Catalysed Atom-economic Couplings and Sustainable Dearomatization Techniques”
  5. Dr. Sushree Ranjan Sahoo (2014-2020) – Title: ”Synthetic Efforts toward Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Generations Employing Dearomatisation, Alkene and Alkyne Intrigues”
  6. Dr. Sagarika Behera (2014-2020) – Title: ”Synthetic Approaches Towards Biologically Active Heterocycles Employing Catalytic Strategies’’
  7. Dr. Nilendri Rout (2014-2019) – Title: “Solving Molecular Complexities with Oxidative Dearomatization and Transition metal catalysis”
  8. Dr. Manoj Kumar Ghosh (2013-2018) – Title: “New Intrigues with Oxidative Dearomatisation and Related Strategies”

MASTER’S THESIS SUPERVISED: 21 (Twenty one)

Two-Year Master’s Project Student Ongoing: 2 (Two)

  1. Visible Light Mediated Sustainable Transformation of α, β-Unsaturated Lactones—Mr. Arindam Bhatta (2024-25)
  2. Trials Towards Visible Light Catalysed Dearomative Spiro-Amidation—Mr. Dhrutiman Rout (2024-25)
  3. Total Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products Employing Catalytic Asymmetric Dearomatization—Mr. Raghunath Polai (2023-24), Present Position: Ph.D in IIT Delhi
  4. Sustainable Transformation of Plastic Arenes To Fine Chemicals—Ms. Nabanita Dey (2023-2024), Present Positon: Ph.D in NTU, Singapore
  5. Ruthenium Catalysed Synthesis of Synthesis of Azepines—Ms. Ipsita Majhi (2021-2022), Present Position : Ph.D in University of Florida
  6. BF3·Et2O‑Promoted Cascade Reactions: Direct Synthesis of Sulfinylated Spiro-trieneone—Mr. Sangam Jha (2021-2022), Present Position: Ph.D in IISER Kolkata
  7. Visible Light Assisted Oxidation at Benzylic Position of Homologated Ynones with Aerobic Oxygen, Leading to Diketone Synthesis—Mr. Ankush Kumar (2020-2021)
  8. Synthetic Attempts with Tribromides towards Dearomatization—Sayan Halder (2018-2020)
  9. Towards the sysnthesis of Tocopherol—Ms. Kunika Gupta (2018-2020)
  10. Gold(l)-Catalyzed Atom-Economic Synthesis of 2-Substituted indole via 5-endo-dig Cyclization—Ms. Moni Singh
  11. Synthesis of 1-ethylpyridine tribromide; Utilization in Spirofurano Naphthalone Synthesis : Footsteps towards Asymmetric Synthesis—Mr. Devasish Sood
  12. Halo-azido Ketones : Synthesis, Applications and Activity—Ms. Prithwa Das,Present Position : Ph.D in University of Regensburg
  13. Asymmetric Synthesis of Tocopherol and Tocotrienol family employing C-2 methylation of 2-carboxy-4-Chromanones—Mr. Sudeep Sarkar (2017-2018), Presently: Ph.D. fellowship University of Warsaw Poland
  14. Asymmetric Synthesis of Tocopherol (Vitamin-E) Employing C-2 Methylation of 2-Carboxy-4-Chromanones—Mr. Subhradip Kundu (2017-2018), Presently: Ph.D. fellowship University of Strosbourg, France
  15. Approach towards the Synthesis of Biologically Active Chromone Systems—Mr. Chandak Adhikari (2016-2017)
  16. Synthetic Efforts towards Medicinally Important Aryl Naphthofurans and Benzofurans Mediated by Quaternary Ammonium Salt—Mr. Suchit Gupta (2016-2017)
  17. Trials towards functionalising α-ketols—Miss Samapika Mishra (2014-2016)
  18. Concise synthesis of naphthoquinones—Miss. V. Chandurani (2014-2016)
  19. Attempts towards total synthesis of spiroliganones—Mr. Punabasu Bhattacharya (2013-2015)
  20. Efforts towards alkyne insertion reactions via Oxidative Dearomatisation—Mr. Rahul Kumar (2013-2015)
  21. Facile Hyvervalent Iodine mediated Oxidative dearomatization of Naphthols—Mr. Sushree Ranjan Sahoo (2012-2014)

Completed Project Interns

Aryan Kumar (2025)

Present Status: BS-MS – IISER Berhampur

Fathima Mahin (2025)

Present Status: M.Sc. – University of Hyderabad, Telengana

Pushpendra Singh (2025)

Present Status: M.Sc. – IIT Patna

Asish Ahmed (2025)

Present Status: M.Sc. – IIT Madras

Komal Prajapat (2025)

Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Himanshi Bhalse (2025)

Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Kumkum Chouhan (2025)

Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Srijan Kumar Maji (2024)

Present Status: Research Assistant (IIT Hyderabad, India)

Bharat Bhusan Das (2024)

Present Status: M.Sc., Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

Ritika Rajput (2024)

Present Status: M.Sc., Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Faizan (2024) 

Present Status: M.Sc. – University of Hyderabad, Telengana

Anjula Mishra (2024)

Present Status: M.Sc. – Sage University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Nikita Thakur (2024)

Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Poonam Mandloi (2024)

Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Pallavi Jamre (2024)

Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Pooja Bohara (2024)

Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Ananthakrishna P (2023)

Present Status: M.Sc. – IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Abhishek Bissoyi 

Present Status: BS-MS, IISER Behrampur

Swetarani Patel 

Present Status: M.Sc. – SG Womens College, Rourkela

Sandhya Rani Padhy (2019) 

Present Status: M.Sc. – SG Womens College, Rourkela

Soham Ghosh (2019) 

Present Status: M.Sc. – BHU

Puja Kumari (2019) 

Present Status: M.Sc. – BIT Mesra

Anindita Mukherjee (2019) 

Present Status: M.Sc. – BIT Mesra

Sudeep Sarkar (2016 -18) 

Present Status: Ph.D. at University of Warsaw, Poland 2018, Postdoc: University of Bordeaux

Subhradip Kundu (2016 -18) 

Present Status: Ph.D. at University of Geneva, Switzerland

B. Sharmistha (2018) 

Present Status: M.Sc. at IISER Kolkata

Ananya Mishra (2018) 

Present Status: Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubhaneswar

Rajat Kumar Singh (2017) 

Present Status: IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Suchit Gupta (2016 -17) 

Present Status: Assistant Professor, FIIT JEE

Chandak Adhikari (2015-17)

Present Status: Assistant Professor, FIT JEE

Shubhajit Basak (May – July 2017)

Present Status: M.Sc. Student at NBU

Diptangshu Hardikar (May – June 2017)

Present Status: M.Sc. Student at Central University, Bilaspur

V. Chandurani (2015-16)

Present Status: —

Samapika Mishra (2015-16)

Present Status:

Punarbasu Bhattacharya (2014-15)

Present Status: Scientific Officer @ Power Grid Corporation

Rahul Kumar (2013-15)

Present Status: Faculty @ Akash Institute, Delhi

Sarasija Das (2014)

Present Status: Ph.D. student @ IISER, Kolkata

Devjanee Bardhan (2014) 

Present Status: Ph.D. student @IIT, Madras

Sarbeswar Sethi (2014-15)

Present Status: —

Sujata Mahapatra (2013-14)

Present Status: Ph.D. student @ Novozymes, Denmark

Prajna Moharana (2013-14)

Present Status: —-